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Robert Ross Bowie

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 69 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 69 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Ross AWMM
  • Surname
    Bowie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 7/920 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elizabeth Bowie (wife), Waiki Road, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/920 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Bowie was the son of Robert Hislop and Julia Bowie, husband of Elizabeth Bowie. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 July 1915 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM B. 323. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Interestingly Robert Ross Bowie's BDM records state he was born 1878 and his death was entered in 1918 (probably for 1917). Other sources for birth dates, both pertaining to military records, state he was born 1873 and 1898.
    Public - Darian - Researcher - 23 September 2015
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